Electrodiagnostic medical consultation in lumbar spine problems.
This advanced analysis describes how lumbosacral radiculopathy, lumbosacral spinal stenosis, and other diagnoses featuring low back pain may be determined using electrodiagnostic procedures. The chapter concludes with a list of indications that can help determine when these procedures may be useful, as well as some suggestions for when they may be unnecessary.
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford, Oregon, USA.
D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D004576:Electromyography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006181:H-Reflex; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors